Massachusetts Statutes
§ 19 — Pendency of action for divorce; custody of children
Massachusetts § 19
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IIREAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Title IIIDOMESTIC RELATIONS
Ch. 208DIVORCE
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Bluebook
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 208, § 19 (2026).
Text
Section 19. The court may in like manner, upon application of either party or of a next friend in behalf of the minor children of the parties, make such order relative to the care and custody of such children during the pendency of the action for divorce as it may consider expedient and for their benefit.
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